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Ernie Els shot a bogey-free 64 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship, which featured two holes-in-one. Els had five of his eight birdies on the back nine at the par-72 Leopard Creek Country Club to share the best round of the day with Joost Luiten, who…

Gwladys Nocera of France shot a 1-under 71 Saturday to win the EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters by one stroke. Starting the final day three shots ahead, Nocera finished at 7-under 281. Virginie Lagoutte-Clement of France shot a 69, and needed a birdie on the final hole to force a playoff. She only managed a par.

Se Ri Pak and In-Kyung Kim held off Annika Sorenstam and Catriona Matthew in the final best-ball match Saturday to give Asia a seven-point lead over the International team in the Lexus Cup. After sweeping the opening alternate-shot session Friday at The Vines Resort and Country Club course, Asia took 3 1/2 of six points…

South Africa’s Rory Sabbatini birdied the 18th hole Saturday to break out of a six-way tie and take a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Australian PGA. Sabbatini’s approach on the water-protected 18th on the Hyatt Regency resort course was just 3 feet from the pin. Playing in the last group of the…

Woody Austin and Mark Calcavecchia shot an 8-under 64 in modified alternate-shot play Friday for a share of the first-round lead with Fred Funk and Jeff Sluman in the Merrill Lynch Shootout. Tournament host Greg Norman and Bubba Watson were a stroke back, and defending champions Jerry Kelly and Rod Pampling opened with a 66…

AT&T is dropping sponsorship of the PGA Tour’s Atlanta-area event after next year, forcing the tournament at TPC Sugarloaf to seek new financial backing for 2009. The AT&T Classic, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2008, moved to a May spot on the schedule as part of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup format.

The wife of golfer Tiger Woods won $183,250 and an apology Friday from an Irish magazine that published an abusive article and a faked nude photo of her. Trevor White, publisher of The Dubliner, conceded that the article — published in September 2006 when Ireland was hosting the Ryder Cup — “was cheap, tasteless, and…